Etymology of the English word pure
the English word
purederived from the Old French word
purderived from the Latin word
purus (chaste, unpolluted by sex; plain; clear, limpid, free of mist; pure, clean, unsoiled)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*peuÉ™-Date
The earliest known usage of pure in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
pureblood,
purebred,
purehearted,
purism,
ultrapure,
purblind,
purely,
purred,
purringCognates
Dutch
puur, French
pur, German
pur, Italian
puro, Latin
purus, Norwegian
pur, Spanish
puro, Swedish
purUsage
Word found in Modern English
